This guide provides links to government information removals, data rescue tools and projects, as well as other resources. If you know of similar sites not listed here please contact govinfo@northwestern.edu
Directory of the federal government. During the transition period, use agency websites to identify the most recent office holders. Agency descriptions and other contact info will continue to be relevant.
Listing of the positions in the executive and legislative branches – the “plum” positions - to be filled by appointment by the incoming presidential administration.
Connecting resources from our agency, Office of Personnel Management, National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. Office of Government Ethics, and others, the site will assist future political appointees in gaining a deeper understanding of critical aspects of their roles, as well as important policies and facets of federal service.
From the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, this site provides nonpartisan assistance and information to presidential candidates to help them navigate the transition process. Is also a repository of documents from previous transitions.
Produced just after each Presidential election this publication lists more than 9,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the executive and legislative branches that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment.
The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) plays a vital role in Presidential transitions, reviewing the financial disclosure reports of prospective Presidential nominees and resolving their potential conflicts of interest so they can serve with integrity.
The End of Term Web Archive captures and saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations. The EOT has thus far preserved websites from administration changes in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020. We are currently accepting URL nominations for the End of Term 2024 Web Archive.
White House websites are Presidential records. The official files that make up a Presidential administration's website are preserved in our Executive Office of the President Electronic Records Archive. In order for the public to easily access the websites, the National Archives has taken an additional step to "freeze" the White House websites and make them available online. Because the archived websites are hosted by the National Archives and are historical material, they are no longer updated. Any broken links (internal or external) will not be updated.
Selected reports from the non-partisan Congressional Research Service. Searches of their website will bring up additional reports on this and other topics.
The 2020 End of Term website harvest is underway. Use this link to nominate sites for harvest. The EOT has thus far preserved websites from administration changes in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
". . . .legal custody of the President’s records are automatically transferred to NARA at noon on the last day of the administration . . . The decision to build the future Obama Library in Chicago was made in 2015, and this year a temporary storage site was chosen in the Chicago area. Our staff in Washington, D.C., have been hard at work for months, packing artifacts and preparing records for eventual shipment to the Midwest."
As the 15th Presidential Library operated by the National Archives, this site introduces access to the official records and social media output of the Trump Administration.
Comprehensive information about staffing, spending, and enforcement activities of the federal government, Launched at Syracuse University and now an independent entity.